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Subject: Race Issues

Author:
Courtney

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Date Posted: 11:20:59 10/31/06 Tue

I think it is very upseting that race is allowed to set so much of our society. Several posted messages talk about how Memphis is 70% african american and thus the radio stations must follow the majority. But where does that leave the rest of the population. All broadcast stations, radio,tv, etc...should be diversified. We already have stations that play rap, jazz, classic rock, etc. What is left for those of us who like Snow Patrol and Rob Thomas? I guess we have to resort to buying IPods and downloading music, which conveniently works out for Macintosh . Of course, it also encourages people to illegally download music too, since they can't hear it on the radio. None of this helps with the morning show which is what will be missed the most. And again, we can still catch it online for those of us who are lucky enough to have a computer (most,once again, Macintosh!). There is too much said and done in the world today that is politically or racially slanted. And taking off a very good radio station to change to something that better suits 70% of the population and just ignoring the other 30% falls into that. This is not a race issue, per say. I work in an environment that is extremely multi-cultural and I enjoy everything that comes with that. I am open to a wide array of music and I even enjoy some of the songs that are now being played on the new Snap94.1. But is still doesn't change the fact that because the "white" population is dwindling in Memphis, does not mean that we don't deserve to have a good radio station that talks about the things that we enjoy.

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